Nay McArdle on the importance of International Women's Day to Irish women.
The initial batch of acts lined up for the 2011 Electric Picnic has been announced (officially, this time).
Record Store Day will be celebrated the world over this Saturday, and Nay McArdle has put together a comprehensive roundup of this year's events here in Ireland.
The full lineup for each night of the FMC Tour 2011 has been announced. Heathers, Adebisi Shank & O Emperor will be joined by Owensie, Norabelle, Carried By Waves, The Crayon Set, Dead Red Light & Eaten By Bears.
Registration for the Tour de Picnic charity cycle to the Electric Picnic in aid of Temple Street Children's Hospital is now open.
The 2011 Dublin Writers Festival takes place this week, with Pulitzer, Whitbread, Booker, T.S. Eliot , Costa & a pair of Nobel Prize winners among its 43 participating writers.
We've a pair of weekend tickets to give away for The Body&Soul Festival which returns to Ballinlough Castle this weekend. The Field, Cloud Castle Lake, Lisa Hannigan, The Jimmy Cake and Holy Fuck are playing, among many others.
The Hard Working Class Heroes festival returns from 6th-9th October and they're now officially seeking applications from bands & photographers who want to participate.
Siobhán Kane caught a Wye Oak show at Flèche d'Or in Paris a couple of weeks ago.
Summer Lightning returns to the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios on July 2nd, with performances from Twinkranes, Cian Nugent, Angkorwat & more.
